Infographic : The future of social activism
For those that often criticize the millennial generation for being informed but inactive, this infographic* offers a different perspective. According to these statistics, not only are the majority of young adults active in their social justice efforts, but they are more concerned than ever about the overlap between activism and the corporate world. Check out […]
Reinventing payphones
New York City has 11,412 payphones. Depending on how you look at it, that’s 11,412 eyesores or 11,412 opportunities. If you’re like design firm Control Group and transit advertising group Titan, then you view these obsolete sidewalk stands as the latter. The firms have partnered to develop NYC I/O, a project submitted to the city of New […]
Water-generating billboard changing lives
Did the University of Engineering and Design (UTEC) in Lima, Peru just change humanitarian efforts and the marketing process forever? It’s surprising that a university dedicated to innovation would use a billboard to attract talented students when the possibilities of social marketing and interactive design would probably do it way more justice. UTEC sure doesn’t agree, and for this […]
Organically digital
Disusing the blurring line between organic and digital may be one of my favorite conversational topics (no, really.) See, in college I took a class titled Politics of the Future and in a nutshell, it ruined my life. In a good way. Five books and five papers later, I was left fascinated with the relationship […]
Passport to the future
When our phones or computers decide to bite the dust, we can all agree how much of a hassle it will be when our music, photos and documents suddenly disappear. But what if the problem of losing data/memories due to damaged or old tech gadgets was a thing of the past? Japan’s Hitachi recently introduced a […]
Meeting environment’s futuristic demands
It happened again. Earlier today I was sucked into the never-ending browsing world of Facebook. But thanks to my friends at Eco-Rooted, all that time browsing wasn’t wasted after watching this video they shared. “The Invisible Helmet,” a featured short created by Focus Forward Films highlights a final design project two friends took on to help […]